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Pelomyxa palustris
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Protsville drawings of freshwater protists
| Description of Pelomyxa palustris: Pelomyxa palustris is usually reported as a large multinucleate amoeboid pelobiont, 100-5000 microns long, with small non-motile flagella, endosymbiotic bacteria, refringent cytoplasmic granules (sand and food particles); movement takes place usually as a monopodial progression, with a central forward flow of cytoplasm along a single axis, and the cytoplasm spills outwards at the anterior-most tip of the flagellum. The posterior uroid is involved in the capture of food which is comprised of detritus and algae. The cysts are about 100 microns in diameter. This species has been reported from freshwater and soils. This species has many inactive flagella attached to single basal bodies. Cones of microtubules arise from the bases and sides of the basal bodies; sometimes enclosing a nucleus. The nuclei may also be surrounded by endosymbiotic bacteria instead of microtubules. The axonemes of the flagella may or may not have the standard 9+2 arrangement of microtubules. |
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Pelomyxa palustris in other collections
Pelomyxa palustris, from
Protozoan biomonitors in China
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Pelomyxa palustris, from
ATOL protistology workshop 2005
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Pelomyxa palustris, from
Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps
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Pelomyxa palustris, from
Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps
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Pelomyxa palustris, from
Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps
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Pelomyxa palustris, from
Athens, Georgia, USA
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Pelomyxa palustris, from
Athens, Georgia, USA
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Pelomyxa palustris, from
Athens, Georgia, USA
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Pelomyxa palustris, from
Athens, Georgia, USA
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